regular model: work
verbs ending in -e: like

mean - model verb Append -t rather than -ed to form the preterit and the past participle.
Verbs that follow
this model:
  1. burn
  2. deal
  3. dream
  4. lean
  5. leap
  6. learn
  7. lose
  8. misdeal
  9. relearn
  10. spoil
  11. sunburn
  12. unlearn

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spoil

It is conjugated like: mean
American English favors the past participle and preterit form ending in -ed, while British English more commonly uses the form ending in -t.
infinitive:
present participle:
past participle:
(to) spoil
spoiling
spoilt, spoiled
definition
in Spanish
in French
in Italian

Indicative

presentAlso known as:
present simple or simple present
Ispoil
youspoil
he, she, itspoils
wespoil
youspoil
theyspoil
simple pastAlso known as:
past simple or preterit
Ispoilt, spoiled
youspoilt, spoiled
he, she, itspoilt, spoiled
wespoilt, spoiled
youspoilt, spoiled
theyspoilt, spoiled
future
Iwill spoil
youwill spoil
he, she, itwill spoil
wewill spoil
youwill spoil
theywill spoil

Perfect tensesThis verb has multiple forms of the past participle (listed above). However, for simplicity, only 1 spelling is displayed in the compound tenses below.

present perfect
Ihave spoilt
youhave spoilt
he, she, ithas spoilt
wehave spoilt
youhave spoilt
theyhave spoilt
past perfectAlso known as:
pluperfect
Ihad spoilt
youhad spoilt
he, she, ithad spoilt
wehad spoilt
youhad spoilt
theyhad spoilt
future perfect
Iwill have spoilt
youwill have spoilt
he, she, itwill have spoilt
wewill have spoilt
youwill have spoilt
theywill have spoilt

Continuous (progressive) and emphatic tenses

present continuous
Iam spoiling
youare spoiling
he, she, itis spoiling
weare spoiling
youare spoiling
theyare spoiling
past continuous
Iwas spoiling
youwere spoiling
he, she, itwas spoiling
wewere spoiling
youwere spoiling
theywere spoiling
present emphatic
Ido spoil
youdo spoil
he, she, itdoes spoil
wedo spoil
youdo spoil
theydo spoil
past emphatic
Idid spoil
youdid spoil
he, she, itdid spoil
wedid spoil
youdid spoil
theydid spoil

Compound continuous (progressive) tenses

present perfect
Ihave been spoiling
youhave been spoiling
he, she, ithas been spoiling
wehave been spoiling
youhave been spoiling
theyhave been spoiling
past perfect
Ihad been spoiling
youhad been spoiling
he, she, ithad been spoiling
wehad been spoiling
youhad been spoiling
theyhad been spoiling
future
Iwill be spoiling
youwill be spoiling
he, she, itwill be spoiling
wewill be spoiling
youwill be spoiling
theywill be spoiling
future perfect
Iwill have been spoiling
youwill have been spoiling
he, she, itwill have been spoiling
wewill have been spoiling
youwill have been spoiling
theywill have been spoiling

ConditionalThis verb has multiple spellings of the past participle (listed above). However, for simplicity, only 1 spelling is displayed in the compound tenses below.

present
Iwould spoil
youwould spoil
he, she, itwould spoil
wewould spoil
youwould spoil
theywould spoil
perfectAlso known as:
past conditional
Iwould have spoilt
youwould have spoilt
he, she, itwould have spoilt
wewould have spoilt
youwould have spoilt
theywould have spoilt
present continuous
Iwould be spoiling
youwould be spoiling
he, she, itwould be spoiling
wewould be spoiling
youwould be spoiling
theywould be spoiling
perfect continuous
Iwould have been spoiling
youwould have been spoiling
he, she, itwould have been spoiling
wewould have been spoiling
youwould have been spoiling
theywould have been spoiling

Imperative

present
(you)spoil!
(we)let's spoil!
(you)spoil!

SubjunctiveThis verb has multiple spellings of the past participle (listed above). However, for simplicity, only 1 spelling is displayed in the compound tenses below.

present
Ispoil
youspoil
he, she, itspoil
wespoil
youspoil
theyspoil
past
Ispoilt, spoiled
youspoilt, spoiled
he, she, itspoilt, spoiled
wespoilt, spoiled
youspoilt, spoiled
theyspoilt, spoiled
past perfectAlso known as:
pluperfect subjunctive
Ihad spoilt
youhad spoilt
he, she, ithad spoilt
wehad spoilt
youhad spoilt
theyhad spoilt
future
Ishould spoil
youshould spoil
he, she, itshould spoil
weshould spoil
youshould spoil
theyshould spoil

*Blue letters in conjugations are irregular forms. (example)
*Red letters in conjugations are exceptions to the model. (example)

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